Indian Super League: Team Introduction – Part 2

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With the first-ever Hero Indian Super League just a few days away, football lovers in India and across the globe are eagerly waiting for the championship to commence. The series is scheduled to start from October 12, 2014 and will come to a close on December 20, 2014. The inaugural match will be played at the Salt Lake Stadium between Atlético De Kolkata and Mumbai City FC.

The ISL 2014 will feature eight teams representing various parts of the nation. They will compete against each other to emerge as the first ISL champions. Speaking of the ISL franchises, in Team Introduction – Part 1, we introduced four team. Here’s a brief introduction about the remaing four teams:

Based in the city of Pune, Maharashtra, FC Pune City was established in April 2014. The team is jointly owned and operated by Salman Khan, Wadhawan Group and Italian football club ACF Fiorentina. The team is managed by Franco Colomba. The Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex has been assigned as the homeground for FC Pune City.

The players list representing the Pune franchise is as follows:

Emanuele Belardi

Arindam Bhattacharya

Lalit Thapa

Dharmaraj Ravanan

Pritam Kotal

Anupam Sarkar

Kostas Katsouranis

Deepak Devrani

Andrés González

Bruno Cirillo

Daniele Magliocchetti

Saïdou Panandétiguiri

Pratik Shinde

Lenny Rodrigues

Manish Maithani

Israil Gurung

Tapan Maity

Mehrajuddin Wadoo

Davide Colomba

Park Kwang-il

Omar Andrés Rodríguez

Ashutosh Mehta

Joaquim Abranches

Dudu Omagbemi

David Trezeguet

KERALA BLASTERS FC

Kerala Blasters FC is the football franchise representing Kochi, Kerala. Co-owned by Sachin Tendulkar and Prasad V Potluri, the team was officially inaugurated in September 2014. Though it was established in April 2014. The unique fact about this team is that it’s name is insprired from Sachin Tendulkar’s nickname ‘Master Blaster’. David Benjamin James is the present manager of this franchise. Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Kochi is the homeground of the team.

Representing the city of Mumbai, Maharashtra, Mumbai City FC is owned and operated by ranbir Kapoor along with Bimal Parekh. Peter Reid has been appointed as the team manager. While DY Patil Stadium has been assigned as the homeground of team Mumbai City FC.

NorthEast United FC is the ISL team in Guwahati, Assam. The franchise is jointly owned and operated by actor John Abraham and I-League club, Shillong Lajong. Like the other teams, NorthEast United FC was also established in April, 2014. The Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium, Guwahati has been set as the homeground for team NorthEast United. And the manager of the team is Ricki Herbert.

The player list for NorthEast United FC is:

Alexandros Tzorvas

Kunzang Bhutia

Rehnesh TP

Jibon Singh

Aiborlang Khongjee

Pritam Kumar Singh

Robin Gurung

Massamba Sambou

Miguel Garcia

Tomáš Josl

Joan Capdevila

Zodingliana Ralte

Boithang Haokip

Milan Singh

Alen Deory

Redeem Tlang

David Ngaihte

Isaac Chansa

Kondwani Mtonga

Guilherme Batata

Do Dong-hyun

Durga Boro

Seminlen Doungel

Cornell Glen

Luis Yanes

Koke

James Keene

Leo Bertos

With the entire league happening at various venues within India, the ISL ticket sales is in full swing. If you are a football fanatic and would love to witness the match in person, book your tickets now before its too late.